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 | Jul 18, 2005 - Official Tub Invite |
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Just a quick update today - first and foremost the houseboating trip was a success and I hope that everybody had a great time! For those who attended - expect a partial refund to be coming your way, as we ended up under budget on a number of items. Not bad, hey? Anyhow, I will be looking into booking the trip again for next year, so I will be in touch with all of this years 'attendees' to see if they are interested. Second, the official Hot Tub 2K5 party invite is ready, care of soul_d of course. You can watch it HERE. Since our music system from last year turned out to be such a success, I have decided it would be a wise idea to repeat it. Therefore the ftp site is now open for all of you to upload any music you'd like to hear played at the upcoming party. ...and upload away! Make sure to rename to songs to include your name as well. If this turns out like last year - we will end up with far more music than could possibly be played, so it is good to know who uploaded each track so that when we need to sort through them, we make sure not to remove all of one persons tracks by mistake! And last note about the upcoming hot tub party - there has been interest in setting up a webcam again this year and I don't see why this would be a problem. If anyone has a camera they'd like to donate, we could always use more angles. One that could see half decent in low light situations wouldn't be half bad either! Oh, and for those who haven't heard yet - mrp WILL be making it to the party this year, all the way from San Jose just for the event (and to kick some ass). See you there! | |||
| Jul 09, 2005 - The real update |
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Alright, now here is the real update.....but first I must say that this must be one of the most ridiculously busy summers I've ever had the opportunity to survive through!
So after recovering from a couple days of bad jet lag, we arrived at Hyde Park @ 9:30am on Saturday in order to stand in line at the gate until 12:00 - then ran up as close as we could get to the front and continued to wait until 2:00 for the concert to begin. The show lasted until 1:00am and other than the complete brutality of standing for almost 14 hours that day, it was definately an unbelievable experience that I will not soon forget. 200'000 people in the audience (packed like sardines) and an awesome musical lineup that couldn't be beat....what can I say? And for a huge Floyd fan like myself, seeing David Gilmour and Roger Waters playing together again was something I never would have expected to see in my life. So here's to spontaneous, expensive vacations! :-) A big thank-you also has to go out to Jim and Toni in London for letting us stay at their place for a few nights - I certainly hope we weren't too much of an inconvienience! Both Jim and Toni were able to answer a lot of our questions about London, as well as introduce us to Wagamammas and a tour of Jim's studio (where we apparently just missed Annie Lennox by a matter of hours). I also discovered that there a quite a few rblords fans in London (namely Jim and his studio guys) and I have therefore pledged to update more frequently and post a lot more hot, hot booty. I don't think thats too much to ask? Anyhow, enough about London - the pictures are here. And that update took WAY too long to do, so I'll be back later with the naked women... | |||||
| Jul 08, 2005 - Back from London....still alive |
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Thought I should make a quick update now that I am back from London - especially to let everyone know that I'm still alive (we flew out of london about 12 hours prior to the bombing). Sort of a close call, considering one of those bombs were on the exact train route we were taking pretty much every morning at that time! Other than that...quick news facts...my basement flooded with 2 feet of sewage while I was gone so Blue4130 is temporarily living with his parents for now - he can still be reached at his cell phone as always (222-2080). Myself, I picked up a new cell phone - so anyone with my old number (227-5437 or 975-7635) - these numbers will no longer work. Please call me @ 260-6507 now. Thanks! Houseboaters.....the final list is in, we will have 20 people attending the houseboat this year. We leave next wednesday hopefully around 6:00pm. I will post more details as I figure them out but the easiest plan would be for everyone to meet in one location where we could then load up the van. This location will be decided....and I'll call everyone involved on Tuesday with the final details. The cost of the van (for those of you coming in the van) will be around $75/person. This includes rental, gas and trailer which we will need for the baggage. Thats my quick update for now....more to follow, including London pictures! | |||
| Jun 26, 2005 - Some updates... |
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As always, updates are sparse during the summer months - but I'd better make a breif appearance just the same! First of all, 4 days after my last update my domain registration ran out for an entire weekend without me noticing - so I apologize if that upset anyone. Haha, no really.
This weekend the guys (plus Erin) headed up to Brightsand lake with the boat for a night and day of partying (very nice lake - hadn't been there before). We got the boat out on the lake (after getting Steven's truck stuck twice at the boatlaunch) but unfortunately nobody was brave enough to go tubing. We did however polish off a substantial amount of liquor and had a sweet campsite right on the beach - which I'm sure we will be re-visiting some day. Other important news - I've been receiving a few emails regarding the hot tub party this year, which has reminded me that I should get my ass in gear and make some sort of formal announcement. I will be making a more formal announcement soon - but for now you can be sure that the dates will be August 5th, 6th, and 7th. Hope to see you ALL there this year! Another huge news story (especially to Pink Floyd fans like myself) is that Pink Floyd has announced they will be reforming to play a set at the Live8 concert in London, England on July 2nd. Seeing as how I made a promise to myself some time ago that I would go anywhere to see them if they ever got back together, I've bought two plane tickets (for myself and Dawn) to fly to London and we leave this wednesday. Nothing like a spontaneous skip across the pond, right?? Anyhow besides the fact that everything in London is FUCKING EXPENSIVE, I'm sure we'll have a great time! I'll make sure to take lots of pictures! And, as if this summer couldn't get anymore busy - the weekend following my trip to London is the big shuswaps houseboating trip of 2005! For those who are coming and can't remember the details - we have rented the same 15 passenger van which we used on the vegas trip and are planning on driving all 13 Saskatoon houseboaters. We will be departing around 6:00PM on Wedneday, July 13th and returning late Sunday evening. And thats about all I can remember for now....I'm sure I've missed out a few credits.....oh yeah, I'm starting a new job as of the first of July so I'll let you know how that goes as well. In the meantime, keep it real Saskatoon! | |||||
| May 16, 2005 - Holy smokes, I still have a website??? |
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I'm actually kinda serious...I think I'm about 24 months late on my domain renewal and for some reason everything is still resolving.....neat stuff So how have you all been? Me, not to bad. Survived looking after the parents place while they were gone for 10 days in LA and Vegas....also survived the 2005 annual texas mickey party which was this past thursday. Shit, I'm sure a lot has happened in the past month that I just don't remember at all - but there's also lots happening in regards to the very near future which prompted me to get off my ass and actually update this damn page! First off, Pike Lake 2K5 is coming up THIS WEEKEND. This would be officially the 10th annual event that has taken place (although only a few of the original members are still attending!). Last year we brought this party back to pike lake after a 1 year subatical at Eagle Creek - it was good times, AND WILL BE AGAIN! So even if you can only make it out for a night, please do so...you can give soul_d's cell phone a call for details on which campsite we are in (230-5384) - somebody will be up there from Friday at noon to Sunday. For more information you can hit Soul_D's Summer-Time Party Website. Second, the vegas trip is only 3 weeks away and everything is ready to go - everything is booked including the awesome huderite van so it should be good times....I've even managed to score some free tickets for a show at the stratosphere... Aaaand I had more to write, but no time right now....so wait for another update coming the next few days... | |||
| Apr 19, 2005 - Gone....and back again. |
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Well folks, I apologize for the downtime this weekend....there were some very messy issues occurring on the server and Idecided to just re-install the whole damn thing. Keeps me in touch with my linux side, I suppose....the nice thing is that I have been able to correct a lot of things which bothered me from the last install....including installing a larger HD! Right now email, webserver and mysql services are back up and running....please let me know if you find otherwise...within the next few days I hope to resurrect all forums and galleries as well. In other news, a big congratulations goes out to mrp for jumping on the marriage wagon last week! I hope somebody has a camera in hand when he drops to the ground at the alter and does the Homer Simpson spin on the ground. Whoop-ooop-ooop-ooop! Goodnight all! | |||
| Apr 03, 2005 - Wait...does anyone actually read this sh1t?? |
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Okay hommies - soul_d was giving me the gears last night about not updating the site, so lets see what I can do. I've been a busy boy lately - and glancing at some of the other blogs it looks like I'm not the only one. Springtime is here, and a few events are quickly approaching which require a great deal of preparation! Number one - I know I mentioned in a couple of my past updates that I had my eye on a limousine to purchase. Well, I was finally able to take this fine vehicle for a test drive this weekend - the idea being that I had put a 24 hour permit on the car and could use it for the full 24 hours. Unfortunately (and rather dissapointingly) the car had a few major issues, the last of which forced me to return the car to the owner within a couple hours of having it on the road. Long story short, unless he is willing to replace the transmission, fix some wiring (which occasionally catches on fire and stalls the car), and safety the car before selling it - its not going to work out. This is really to bad as the rest of the car is in exceptional condition for its age and actually drives really well. I haven't completely given up hope yet, but I am definately going to be 'shopping around' for other options. Secondly, the houseboat roster for this summer has been filled. There are 18 crewmembers booked, and technically room for a couple more if they want to buy in after the fact. As for things happening in MY life (forgive me for having a blog moment here), I'm eager to dig the bike out to enjoy this nice weather and celebrate the melting of the snow. Hopefully next week I will start shopping for a new helmet and a front tire / fork seals / brake caliper to make her really ride nice. Of course this is all minor compared to my larger plan of finally finishing off the major work on the Bel-Air. I've ordered the last piece of metal (drivers side rear quarter panel) and a new windsheild - and if all goes well I will be stripping the old paint of the car within the next couple weeks and shopping for some base/clear to repaint the whole thing. Exciting stuff - this really has waited too long. I'd also like to overhaul the suspension one last time as I was never happy with those damn cargo springs in the rear, nor the way the front end sat up so high. With the Bel-Air off the road, this means I'll be driving the Magnum and the bike for at least another month. Events that have passed since last update? Draggins car show was fun as always - not much of a turnout, but the first carshow of the year is always a good experience for me. It was interesting to see lots of ~1940 cars...although none of them a Plymouth. Looking into restoring a car of this vintage poses a lot of new challenges compared to a car from the 60s - not to mention a whole different group of enthusiasts...although the Plymouth project is not a rush job by any means, I'm trying to get a 'feel' for the type of alterations I will be making to the car to ensure I end up with what I'm looking for. Namely, I am in the market for a Mustang II front end / suspension - so if anyone has a line on one of these cars please drop me a line!. I attended Dawn's Bio-Tech pubcrawl this Saturday which was fun! The week before was the car show, and Whiskey Jacks with Shannon/Travis. Week before that was Diana's birthday at Whiskey Jacks, soul_d's Physics pubcrawl, AND Tasha's birthday pubcrawl. Everythign else is a blur!! Okay this update was probably a little dry and boring - but I will try to make another update soon with some actual content of sorts. In the meantime keep it real, as always, and don't smoke anything James wouldn't. PS - Please enjoy the update below, submitted by redbandana the weekend of the carshow, after we got back from Whiskey Jacks....if you can make sense of it! | |||
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